Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Charles Godfrey Binder Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, is scheduled to deliver a plenary talk entitled “Elastodynamics of Inorganic and Polymeric Sculptured Thin Films,” on Wednesday June 25 at the 7th Iberian Vacuum Meeting and the 5th European Topical Conference on Hard Coatings in Caparica Portugal. For more information, please visit this website.